Ó Conchobhair
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Ó Conchobhair is an Irish Gaelic surname that is the original form of the anglicized name O'Connor, historically associated with several prominent Irish dynasties and families.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ó Conchobhair canonical | 5 |
| Old Irish Conchobhar | 1 |
| Ó Conchobhair (O'Conor) | 1 |
| Ó Conchubhair | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2980527 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ó Conchobhair Context triple: [O'Connor, derivedFrom, Ó Conchobhair]
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A.
Conachair
Conachair is a prominent sea cliff and the highest peak on the remote Scottish archipelago of St Kilda, known for its dramatic Atlantic-facing precipices.
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B.
Mac Cuinn
Mac Cuinn is an Irish Gaelic surname from which the Anglicised form "Quinn" is derived.
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C.
Ailpín mac Echdach
Ailpín mac Echdach was a 9th-century Scottish noble traditionally regarded as the father of Kenneth MacAlpin, the first king to unite the Picts and Scots.
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D.
Eóganán mac Óengusa
Eóganán mac Óengusa was a 9th-century king of the Picts who ruled in what is now Scotland shortly before the rise of Kenneth MacAlpin and the formation of the Kingdom of Alba.
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E.
Bridei mac Bili
Bridei mac Bili was a powerful 7th-century king of the Picts, best known for his military successes against the Northumbrians and for consolidating Pictish power in northern Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ó Conchobhair Target entity description: Ó Conchobhair is an Irish Gaelic surname that is the original form of the anglicized name O'Connor, historically associated with several prominent Irish dynasties and families.
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A.
Conachair
Conachair is a prominent sea cliff and the highest peak on the remote Scottish archipelago of St Kilda, known for its dramatic Atlantic-facing precipices.
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B.
Mac Cuinn
Mac Cuinn is an Irish Gaelic surname from which the Anglicised form "Quinn" is derived.
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C.
Ailpín mac Echdach
Ailpín mac Echdach was a 9th-century Scottish noble traditionally regarded as the father of Kenneth MacAlpin, the first king to unite the Picts and Scots.
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D.
Eóganán mac Óengusa
Eóganán mac Óengusa was a 9th-century king of the Picts who ruled in what is now Scotland shortly before the rise of Kenneth MacAlpin and the formation of the Kingdom of Alba.
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E.
Bridei mac Bili
Bridei mac Bili was a powerful 7th-century king of the Picts, best known for his military successes against the Northumbrians and for consolidating Pictish power in northern Britain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gaelic-language surname
ⓘ
Irish surname ⓘ family name ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicity |
Gaelic
ⓘ
Irish ⓘ |
| associatedWithLanguageFamily | Celtic languages ⓘ |
| category |
Irish-language surnames
ⓘ
Patronymic surnames ⓘ Surnames of Irish origin ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | associated with historic Irish royal lineages ⓘ |
| derivedFromGivenName | Conchobhar ⓘ |
| etymologicalElement |
Conchobhar (personal name)
ⓘ
linked to:
Conchobhar
Ó (grandson/descendant of) ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | traditionally male-line family name ⓘ |
| hasAnglicisedForm |
O Connor
ⓘ
linked to:
O'Connor
O'Connor ⓘ Oconnor ⓘ
linked to:
O'Connor
|
| hasDiacritics | Ó ⓘ |
| hasFeminineForm |
Ní Chonchobhair
ⓘ
linked to:
Ó Conchúir
|
| hasLenitedForm | Uí Chonchobhair ⓘ |
| hasPrefix | Ó ⓘ |
| hasVariantSpelling | Ó Conchúir ⓘ |
| historicallyBorneBy |
Connacht dynasties
ⓘ
Dál gCais families ⓘ Irish dynasties ⓘ Irish noble families ⓘ |
| isOriginalFormOf | O'Connor ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Irish ⓘ |
| meaning | descendant of Conchobhar ⓘ |
| nameType | patronymic ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| timeDepth | medieval Irish period ⓘ |
| usedInCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Ireland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ó Conchobhair Description of subject: Ó Conchobhair is an Irish Gaelic surname that is the original form of the anglicized name O'Connor, historically associated with several prominent Irish dynasties and families.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ó Conchobhair
linked to: Ó Conchobhair
linked to: Ó Conchobhair